66th Infantry Division Soldiers Leading Refugees from Lorient, France, Apr 4, 1945.
The East Pomeranian Offensive ended in a Red Army victory
The Battle of Kassel ended in an American victory. The 4th Armored Division and the 89th Infantry of the Third US Army liberated the Ohrdruf Subcamp, a part of the Buchenwald system. It was the first death camp facility to be liberated by the Western Allies and their first exposure to the full horror of the Holocaust.
The Battle of Buchhof and Stein am Kocher began between German and American forces for territory between the Neckar and Kocher Rivers.
British and Canadian units took Osnabruck.
Nazi gold reserves were captured in the salt mines at Merkers.
The 10th Army began to meet resistance on Okinawa.
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